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24 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill
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name give to servicemen's readjustment act, 1944 law that provded finance and educational benefits for wwii veterans
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federal highway act
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ke helped $25 billion for 41,000 mi of highways largest public work in history
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baby boom
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dramatic increase of children in us after wwii
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poverty line
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min level of income deemed to achieve an adequate standard of living
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john f. kennedy
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president during bay of pigs, berlin wall, cuban missle, crisis, support space program and spoke about new frontier (JFK)
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great society
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LBJ program to reduce proverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the US
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brown vs. board of education
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supreme court case declared racial segregation in public education was unconsitutional
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rosa parks
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1st black recognized to sit on the bus and got arrested bc she refuse to give up the seat
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montgomery bus boycott
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after rosa parks, people boycotted and then finally after a yr it was approved to ride on the bus
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dr. martin luther king jr.
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"i have a dream" wanted to help with civil war with the race of equality
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little rock nine
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nine african american wanted to force into school even when they were not allowed
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voting rights act in 1965
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outlawed literacy test and other discriminatory election devices
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malcolm x
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before assination, spokesman of nation of islam in favor of black segregation, more radical than others
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nationalism
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belief that national interest are best, foriegn policy should be guided by national self interest
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imperialism
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forceful exention of nations authority by terriorial conquest est. economic and political domination of other nations
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muckraker
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magazine journalist who expose corrupt business in early 1900
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great depression
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period 1929-1941, us economy was in severe decline and millions of american were unemployed
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dust bowl
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region, extend from texas to north dakota, made worthless for farming by droguht and dust storms in 1930s
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declaration of independence
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document by thomas jefferson in 1776, delegates of continental congress declared colonies independence from britian
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constitution
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on sept 17, 1787, adopted to considered "supreme law of land" in US
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bill of rights
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commonly the 1st 10 ammendments of the constitution
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executive branch
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branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
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legistlative branch
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branch of government that make laws
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judicial branch
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branch of government that interprets the laws and the consitution
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